Tiny Tim, the Ghost of Christmas Past and that "clutching, covetous old sinner’’ Ebeneezer Scrooge will all make early holiday season appearances in Marlborough Saturday when channeled through the many voices of the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, world famous author of "A Christmas Carol.’’

Making his fifth appearance in Marlborough, Gerald Charles Dickens will give two performances of the beloved literary classic on Nov. 9 at Stephen Anthony’s Restaurant.

Writing from England, the actor, director and producer said even when he’s tired during a tour, "As soon as I start a show, an energy comes to me.’’

"The power of (Dickens’) writing and his theatrically do flow through me…,’’ he said in an email interview. "Whether that is the Old Man making sure I do a good job, or simply my desire to perform my best, I don’t know but it has helped me through 20 years of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ "

Dickens stressed he doesn’t "pretend’’ to be his literary ancestor but in the coming shows will speak in 26 voices with distinctive accents, "letting the characters within the tale do the work.’’

"I am a storyteller taking the audience to London in 1843,’’ he said.

Wearing Victorian clothes and a beard, Dickens will perform the popular tale of the redemptive power of kindness, occasionally moving from table to table in the restaurant’s Function Hall, "to include guests in the story’’ as if to imagine they might be Bob Cratchit’s family or Mr. Fezziwag at their dinners.

Dickens said he has "a strong family resemblance’’ to the author but his beard isn’t as "wild’’ as his ancestor’s.

Dickens will be appearing in Marlborough as part of a 12-state tour, sponsored by Byers Choice, an abbreviated version of his ancestor’s popular and exhausting 1867 tour of the U.S.

On Friday, tickets were still available for both the 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows. Seating begins an hour before the show. Dickens’ one-man show has been brought to Marlborough jointly by Stephen Anthony’s Restaurant and Wayside Country Store, which is owned by Debby Eager, Scerra’s sister.

Though appearing in Victorian-era clothes with just a wingback chair and hat stand for props, Dickens "brings audiences back to the England of the 1800s,’’ he said.

"Watching Gerald Dickens enact his great-great-grandfather’s best-loved tale is a fabulous way to begin the Christmas season,’’ said Scerra. You’ll believe you’re seeing Mr. Scrooge. There’s times when there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.’’

The lunch show includes a two-course meal and the dinner show includes a three-course meal. Tickets for the lunch and evening shows are $50 and $85, respectively.

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Dickens said he had mixed feelings growing up related to one of England’s greatest novelists who wrote classics like "Oliver Twist,’’ "Great Expectations’’ and "A Tale of Two Cities,’’ among others.

"As a child there was always this figure looming in the background … but I just got on with my life unaffected by the relationship,’’ he said.

He said he "discovered the genius of Dickens within five minutes’’ while watching a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Nicholas Nickleby.’’

Asked to explain Dickens’ enduring popularity among British and American readers, he said, "He knew how to tell a darn good story. He understood how to create and use characters. He understood how to construct a great plot. He had a great sense of theatre and performance.’’

He said Dickens wrote in the 19th century about issues affecting the U.S. and England today: poverty, inhumanity, greed and intolerance.

Asked if he did anything special to preserve his great-great-grandfather’s literary legacy while performing, he answered, "Dickens doesn’t need any help from me. He will always been there, looming large.’’

Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at cbergeron@wickedlocal.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us on Twitter @WickedLocalArts and on Facebook.